At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead risk management for exciting infrastructure projects and collaborate with diverse teams.
- Company: Join Assystem, a global leader in energy transition and nuclear engineering.
- Benefits: Dynamic career growth, wellness resources, and discounts on activities and health services.
- Other info: Embrace diversity and innovation as part of our mission to shape the future.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the energy sector while developing your skills in a fast-paced environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in risk management and strong analytical skills required.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 65000 £ per year.
Company Description
Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world. We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition. Drawing on more than 55 years' experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle.
Job Description
Your Mission: Join this Defence project providing Risk Expertise through a Joint Project Team delivering an infrastructure programme. We’re seeking a Risk Manager to lead risk identification, analysis, and mitigation throughout the project lifecycle. Reporting to the Programme Delivery Lead, you’ll work across our clients site, and industry partners to manage risks in a complex, fast-paced environment. You’ll need strong project delivery and risk management skills, with experience handling major infrastructure projects and navigating multiple stakeholders.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead the delivery of the risk management process, roadmap, and Target Operating Model (TOM)
- Facilitate monthly risk reviews, workshops, and maintain risk registers & dashboards
- Support Quantitative Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis (QCRA/QSRA) and quarterly reporting
- Manage project assumptions and maintain the Master Data & Assumptions List (MDAL)
- Track mitigation plans and ensure risk actions are delivered
- Collaborate with project leads, suppliers, and partners to manage risks, avoid duplication, and drive delivery
- Monitor supply chain performance and flag emerging issues early
- Ensure compliance with client processes and infrastructure requirements
Qualifications
Essential Requirements:
- SC Clearance held and available to work on client site 3–4 days/week
- Strong knowledge of risk processes and management
- Ability to analyse data, identify trends, and see the bigger risk picture
- Experience in infrastructure risk analysis
- Strong leadership, organisational, and stakeholder management skills
- Proficient IT skills
Desirable:
- Industry knowledge, including competitors/adversaries
- Confident communicator at executive level
- Agile, adaptable, and responsive to change
- Experience managing risk in complex, live operational environments
- Collaborative team player across multi-agency teams
Additional Information
Why Join the Switchers Community?
- A dynamic career management policy to enable our employees to progress through our five business lines: operations, project, technical, sales and support functions
- Provide opportunities to work on exciting, global projects
- Access to an employee assistance programme with free mindfulness, health, wellbeing resources and a confidential support line available 24/7 via phone or text
- Discount vouchers for days out and restaurants, eye test and glasses vouchers, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs
- Enhanced sick pay
We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter! Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.
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Risk Manager in Glasgow employer: Assystem
Assystem is an exceptional employer that champions innovation and collaboration within the nuclear engineering sector. Located in Greater London, we offer a dynamic work culture that prioritises employee growth through continuous learning opportunities and professional development. Our commitment to excellence is matched by our supportive environment, making it a rewarding place for talented individuals to thrive and contribute to impactful projects.
